How do you respond to someone...?

Question

Who emails you out of the blue to tell you all-concerned-like that homosexuality is an abomination and that we're all going to hell and that we should be shunned like he's shunned his gay son for the past 5 years, so would I please convert to Christianity and stop being a lesbian (which I'm not, but it's none of his effen business)?

Personally, I called him "infectious human waste" and a "white washed tomb" (Biblical reference, not that I think he'll "get" it) but now I'm thinking that may have been too nice a response.

Mr. Noneofyourbusiness, this is the first and probably the last time I've smiled at that picture. I think your way is probably one of the best ones.

Ignore him? What - and have him tell himself that he's converted another sinner? I won't give him that luxury, not matter how mature it might be. o_O

Ah, he was from Y!A, so I don't know how to block it. Does anyone know?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

I wouldn't respond to anyone who isn't respectful of others. That person should know that we all have our free agency to live our lives the way we see fit. He should also know that none of us are nor will be the judge of anyone else. We make judgements for ourselves everyday, but we cannot make those judgements and certainly cannot force our choices on anyone else. That was Satan's plan and Satan was cast out. I am assuming that this person thinks they are some sort of Christian or Born Again? I would not waste my time or energy with a reply unless you can do it without anger. Never engage an argument. That is also Satan's way.

Answer 3

Give them this verse:

1 Peter 4:15 "But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters."

The writer included busybodies in the same category as other sinners such as murderers and thieves. By insisting on telling other people what to do with their genitals, he is being nothing but an interfering, nosy, busybody, fussing over other people's matters when it's none of his business. In fact, this might be as close as the Bible comes to saying, "Mind your own damned business." Too bad Christians don't follow that advice.

Answer 4

You know what Elesia...?

You and I are dealing with something similar...

I worked in an office once about 2 years ago with nurses and Doctors... One of which just happened to be a "Christian." woman.

I loaned this female Doctor my copy of the movie "The Hours" on DVD.

Shortly afterward... Everyone started acting weird toward me. Some even accused me of being gay. harshly and rudely, with intent to hurt me. Remember, these were Christians, professionals and Physicians!

I never stayed around long enough to get the movie back. Two years went by and all this time, I have been living with the hurt from that accusation and assumption of me.

Not that I am straight or gay as i have always believed that people love who they do no matter what they are. I never gave anyone of them any indication as to my sexual orientation and it confused me as to why they would say such mean and hurtful very personal things to me, gang up on me even until I quit. As it is very difficult for me to speak my mind in a professional setting. I just prefer to burn bridges and leave unannounced.

I just went out and bought myself another used copy of the movie The Hours yesterday. After watching it again after not seeing it for 2 years... I realized that in trying to share my utter and complete love for Virginia Woolf literature, and her life story... They took the other more suggestive parts of the movie to mean that because I enjoyed it and reccomended it to them, that must mean that I too was a lesbian.

A weight was lifted when I realized that it had nothing to do with me... It however had everything in the world to do with the fact that when you mix frightened, predjudice people... even professionals Physicians even... with holier than thou Christianity and the sense that they carry that they are somehow better than... You get a nasty kind of human being that is worse than whatever the hell it is they feel is so damn wrong with homosexuality.

See what Im trying to tell you? Don't give up two years of your life like I did wondering, afraid, saddened by rumors and morons who havent the faintest clue what Christ taught or believed. Just be who and what you are and know that whatever that is... God loves you enough for all of them! And balances everything out in the end.

Peace sweet girl! and always remember this...

"You have no control over how people are going to treat you. What you do have control over, is how you allow what people do to you, to effect you for good or bad." That is yours!

Oh and this too...

"there is no sense in being an asshole if you can't prove it." and they did!

I suppose education and a prestegious occupation, med school and college can't make a decent human being! Just an educated idiot!

Answer 5

Hi. It hink that I recognise you from the LGBT section. I agree with you, it's none of his buisness. I am a Bisexual Chirstian, and I have some things to say to those who think that they are above you in the actions of sin. That is; they act like their own sins are not a bad as yours.

You can tell him whatever you want, but this is the truth about what a Christian is.

A Christian is a Christian because he or she trusts God through Jesus Christ. It is not a matter of sinning, it is a matter of trust. Any sinner can shoose to follow after Christ, being dedicated to his word, in that his word is the truth.

So that so called Christian who is bothering you can know that he is wrong about approaching you in that matter, and that he needs to repent himself, because he just exalted himnself over another. Please feel free to have him e-mail me, as I will take that spiritual Pharisee to the cleaners using the same Bible that most of us use.

I also welcome any response from you.

Answer 6

What kind of weird mailing list did you get on? No, but seriously that guy's an ****** for shunning his son, and why should he care if you, a total stranger, are gay or not? I wouldn't let it get to me. Maybe send him a nice concise to the point letter, in an non-argumentative tone about how distasteful and invasive his letter was.

Answer 7

I would be understanding that in some way this man is broken and is in pain and lashing out at the pain. I would tell him, I am not a christian, don't expect me to follow christian tenets if I am not a christian.

I'm a christian and I find this very rude and a turn off to christianity rather than something that draws people to Christ.

Answer 8

First of all, is he trying to make attempts to hit on you? Because I woild think that a person who just out of the blue wrote that had some other agenda. I'm not trying to be to whoever wrote that but do you think he is just trying to convert you maybe because he like you?

Answer 9

Send his email to spam and forget about it. Why would something like that comeing from a complete stranger upset you? How could you even begin to take it personally or worry about it?

Answer 10

Tell him you don't care what he thinks and tell him that you are not gay so he is wrong. Someone emailed me and reported me because they said that wanted to sexually abuse young girls. I emailed her back and told her it wasn't me and it wasn't. That is just sick. I don't know where she got that. Maybe she made a mistake in who she emailed. But she stopped emailing me

Answer 11

I'd hit Delete and move on in the hope that the rest of my e-mail was from sane people.